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fscrypt uses a Base64 encoding to encode no-key filenames (the filenames that are presented to userspace when a directory is listed without its encryption key). There are many variants of Base64, but the most common ones are specified by RFC 4648. fscrypt can't use the regular RFC 4648 "base64" variant because "base64" uses the '/' character, which isn't allowed in filenames. However, RFC 4648 also specifies a "base64url" variant for use in URLs and filenames. "base64url" is less common than "base64", but it's still implemented in many programming libraries. Unfortunately, what fscrypt actually uses is a custom Base64 variant that differs from "base64url" in several ways: - The binary data is divided into 6-bit chunks differently. - Values 62 and 63 are encoded with '+' and ',' instead of '-' and '_'. - '='-padding isn't used. This isn't a problem per se, as the padding isn't technically necessary, and RFC 4648 doesn't strictly require it. But it needs to be properly documented. There have been two attempts to copy the fscrypt Base64 code into lib/ (https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200821182813.52570-6-jlayton@kernel.org and https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210716110428.9727-5-hare@suse.de), and both have been caught up by the fscrypt Base64 variant being nonstandard and not properly documented. Also, the planned use of the fscrypt Base64 code in the CephFS storage back-end will prevent it from being changed later (whereas currently it can still be changed), so we need to choose an encoding that we're happy with before it's too late. Therefore, switch the fscrypt Base64 variant to base64url, in order to align more closely with RFC 4648 and other implementations and uses of Base64. However, I opted not to implement '='-padding, as '='-padding adds complexity, is unnecessary, and isn't required by the RFC. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210718000125.59701-1-ebiggers@kernel.org Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com> |
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README
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.